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...other planned attacks, domestically and internationally. Considering the many foiled plots that have not been made public, the safety and security of the Unites States since September 11 has been truly remarkable. The Bush administration worked to ensure America’s safety by reforming our homeland security and intelligence infrastructure to face the new threats of terrorism. New intelligence and security departments and offices were created, emergency management plans improved across all levels of government, legal reforms implemented, and borders made more secure. In addition to overseeing a rapid recovery from the 2001 recession due to tax cuts...
...said “saves hospitals far more money than OBGYNs,” who are licensed physicians and charge more for deliveries.Decker also demanded precise accountability by the CHA for its operation of the Cambridge Public Health Department, which she said has engaged in vague “homeland security work” that may stretch outside of Cambridge.“I might choose, as a representative of Cambridge taxpayers, to keep the [Farnum] Senior Center, even if it’s not at full capacity, than rather to be doing homeland security work in Everett...
...Colombo Friday afternoon, the streets filled with confetti and bursts of firecrackers. Sri Lankans were celebrating their government's claim that troops had captured Kilinochchi, the administrative capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist group that has waged a 25-year struggle for an independent Tamil homeland. After a triumphant speech by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a handful of men danced in the streets, as a drummer pounded out one of the island's raucus baila beats...
...share the view that this is some sinister plot," Healy says. "There is the danger where we keep militarizing. When we say we really need active duty military, combat-ready troops for homeland security, there's a danger of collateral damage to American lives and property and a danger to democracy...
...emergency manager, who asked not to be named, says people on the civilian side worry about how to separate FEMA from the Department of Homeland Security, how to keep it professional and not "a weak sister of the military." At the same time, most civilian emergency managers recognize the military has specialized training in chemical, biological, nuclear and urban warfare. With the current threat of dirty bombs and improvised explosive devices, it makes sense to have the military available to deploy to a disaster of that nature anywhere in the United States...